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My dad's cousin Ed is talking to my dad's cousin Zane today, so I'm glad that I don't have plans to talk to either one of them.

I had a nice nap with Mimi. Zara has found a new spot to hide, and I don't know where she is. We'll see where she appears at dinner time. Found her. She was on a bookshelf in the office.

It was announced today that a former colleague of mine is the new director of the public library. Cool beans.

I was feeling low energy after lunch and thought about another nap, but then I decided to work on Italian flashcards and get the benefit of the computer's blue light. At least that will be accomplishing something.

I just realized that I can get DVDs from the public library now that I fixed the DVD player, and I'm trying to figure out what to request.

Talked to Mom. She sounded okay, but she said that she's feeling worn down.

Apparently doctors did some genetic testing on the tumor that my aunt had, and she has fewer genes than she's supposed to have to fight off illness in her colon, so she's probably going to get a colonoscopy every year? I wonder if we have the same genes? And my aunt wants to get her knees replaced, but my mom had a thing where the bones grow back, and my aunt is having a hard time finding a doctor who will do radiation to keep the bones from growing. My aunt's hemoglobin is low, so she's wondering if she has multiple myeloma like my mom.

Mom is going to send the Harry Potter movies this week, so I don't need to check out any movies right now.

Made the tuna casserole. It was pretty good.

I started unraveling the mysteries of Italian pronunciation while the casserole baked. I'm taking it in bite-sized chunks because it overwhelmed me in the lesson.

I have a bit of a headache, so I'm going to do dishes and crash.

Crossposts: https://days-unfolding.livejournal.com/1037344.html

The ice has melted. Awesome. However, the temperature is supposed to drop drastically (high of 14 F with lows in the single digits on Sunday), and the rain that fell yesterday and today might turn to ice. It's a good weekend to hibernate, although I have a dentist's appointment on Monday.

The cats have been fed, and peace reigned throughout the land.

A book that I ordered about living in Italy has been delivered to my mailbox. Maybe I'll go get it in my grungy sweats after dark.

It's a gloomy and dark day. A good day for a nap. I had a nice nap with the girls.

I'm trying to figure out what to do now. Laundry. I started the laundry. The bedroom litter box needs scrubbing. I'll need to do that fast because the girls are camped out there. And clean the bathroom. And work on organizing the bedroom. Oh, and make tuna casserole.

I never heard back from Ed about the time for the Skype call. Not sure what to do. I guess that I'll message him through the LinkedIn instant message thing.

They weren't kidding about the cold. I went to get my mail, and there was lots of ice, and the wind was brutal. Mimi is trying to warm me up. Well, she's trying to warm herself up.

Talked to Mom. She sounds a lot better. We talked about the Prince-Harry-and-Meghan saga and about Italy.

It is cold in here. I went and got a fuzzy zip-up jacket to put over my sweats. I'm looking forward to getting under warm blankets.

Well, lovely. I have no water. I called the emergency number, and they said that they'd contact maintenance. I suspect that they won't fix it tonight, so I'm going to contact Ed and tell him that I can't talk to him tomorrow. It would have to be a day in which I didn't take a shower.

Crossposts: https://days-unfolding.livejournal.com/1035564.html

My dad's cousin Ed told me another of my dad's cousins (Izolda) died five years ago. I had no idea. She wasn't someone that I was particularly close to (in fact, I barely knew her), but still shocking. I'm going to have a Skype call with Ed and catch up. He so totally sounds like himself in messages and e-mail.

My dad's cousin Zane is out of the hospital, but not up to talking to anyone. I'm going to send him a card and letter this weekend.

(My great-grandmother had a large family, most of whom--but not all--moved to the US. My dad's generation was smaller. My generation is smaller still. That's why I don't have any direct cousins.)

It's cold today--23 F when I went into work. If I knew that, I wouldn't have left with wet hair, but it was okay. Work was quiet, except when someone called me, my pet sitter came by to drop off my key, and I stepped outside for a moment all at the same time.

I found a company that will handle the paperwork for getting a Lithuanian passport for a fee. I might use them sometime. It beats trying to dig through records in a foreign language in a foreign country.

Crossposts: https://days-unfolding.livejournal.com/1035156.html

The Big American Library Association listed the hotels for which it has discounts for the Big Library Conference in Chicago this year. I offered to stay at an Airbnb, but my boss wanted me to stay at an official hotel. It's kind of funny how different people look at things differently. He wants to stay at a hotel near the conference center. I want to stay at one near my old stomping grounds on Michigan Avenue. So he's staying as close as possible to the conference, and I'm staying at the farthest hotel from the conference in the "River North" area. (There are buses to get to the conference.) Anyway, it was fun looking at the various hotels, and not on my dime!

I received a message from another of my dad's cousins. I sent him a Christmas card, and he sent a message on LinkedIn suggesting that we catch up via e-mail or Skype. That was nice.

I studied Italian while I was making tortellini. How appropriate. Minimal pairs were driving me nuts. It's hearing the difference between similar sounds like "li" and "lee" or "fan" and "fawn". I'm looking for a poster of Lecce to post near my computer or in the kitchen to remind me that I want to save money to go to Italy.

I'm thinking of trying to get a Lithuanian passport so that I'd have an EU passport, which would make living in Europe LOTS easier. My dad was born in Lithuania. I guess that my first step is to ask him if I can get a copy of his birth certificate. I should learn some Lithuanian too.

Crossposts: https://days-unfolding.livejournal.com/1034697.html

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